Table 5.
Incidence of hospitalisation and deaths per 100 person-years of observation by CD4 strata and WHO clinical stage, Ndirande (Ref 10)
| CD4 Cells/ mm3 | WHO Clinical stage | |||||||||
| <100 | 100–199 | 200–350 | > 350 | P | I | II | III | IV | P | |
| Number enrolled* |
n=125 | n=159 | n=173 | n=175 | n=289 | n=215 | n=135 | n=21 | ||
| Incidence of hospitalisation# (95% Cl) |
172 (138–212) |
84 (64– 106) |
27 (12–39) |
90 (11–29) |
0.003 | 15 (3–9) |
60 (46–76) |
178 (144–217) |
237 (142–370) |
<0.001 |
| Incident of death## (95% Cl) |
60 (40–86) |
13 (6–23) |
4 (1–11) |
4 (1–11) |
<0.001 | 3 (1–7) |
5 (2–12) |
62 (42–86) |
88 (35–180) |
<0.001 |
Twenty-eight participants did not have a CD4 cell count documented at enrolment
#
Individuals may have experienced more than one hospitalisation
##
95% Cl indicates 95% confidence interval based on Poisson distribution